Olympics-IOC sports revenue rankings

ST PETERSBURG, Russia, May 29 (Reuters) - The International

Olympic Committee on Wednesday recalculated the rankings of the

26 sports federations in the Olympics to determine revenue

distribution from the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro.

2016 Rankings

Group A.

Aquatics, athletics, gymnastics.

Group B

Basketball, cycling, football, tennis, volleyball.

Group C

Archery, badminton, boxing, judo, rowing, shooting, table

tennis, weightlifting.

Group D

Canoe/kayak, equestrian, fencing, handball, hockey, sailing,

taekwondo, triathlon, wrestling.

Group E

Modern pentathlon, golf, rugby.

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Under the previous breakdown used for the 2012 Olympics,

athletics was awarded about $47 million, Group B sports received

about $22 million each, Group C $16 million and sports in Group

D about $14 million.

Previous rankings

Group A

Athletics

Group B

Aquatics, basketball, cycling, football, gymnastics, tennis,

volleyball

Group C

Equestrian, handball, hockey, rowing.

Group D

Archery, badminton, boxing, canoe/kayak, fencing, judo,

modern pentathlon, sailing, shooting, table tennis, taekwondo,

triathlon, weightlifting, wrestling.

(Reporting by Karolos Grohmann; Editing by Patrick Johnston)

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